'Classic attempt at ...': New details in San Diego aircraft accident 'No runway lights, heavy fog at the airport' | Today news

New details related to the San Diego aircraft crash revealed that the runway lights were out, a weather warning system did not work, and there was a big fog at an airport in San Diego when a pilot who flew across the country decided to continue with landing on Friday. The private jet who wore a music manager and five others crashed there. All six aboard the plane died. Miraculously, everyone on the ground escaped safely, officials said, including a family of four who fled with their dogs after the plane tore off their home’s roof and engulfed in flames, reports The Associated Press. Investigating officer Dan Baker of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said officials would work over the next year to determine what had dropped the Cessna 550 quote just before 4am Thursday. What we know about San Diego accident according to sound of the conversation posted by Liveeatc.net, the pilot acknowledged that the weather for the landing at the small airport was not ideal. Dan Eddy, assistant to San Diego assistant, said the fog was so thick in the morning that “you could barely see in front of you.” The pilot was reportedly debated to go to another airport while discussing the visibility with an air traffic controller at a local Federal Aviation Administration Control Tower. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) posted an official notice for pilots that the lights were out of order, but it is not known whether the pilot checked it. The pilot did not discuss the lights with air traffic control, but was aware that the airport’s weather warning system was not working, reports The Associated Press. In the end, the pilot is heard and said he will stick to the plan to land at Montgomery Gibbs’ executive airport. “Don’t sound good, but we’ll turn it around,” he said according to the air traffic controller. The plane fell about 3.22 kilometers from the airport. Probable factors in San Diego Aircraft Crash | ‘Classic attempt to …’ Investigator Dan Baker said that a power -up to the airport weather system, but the pilot was aware of the fog and an air traffic controller gave him information from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, about 6.44 kilometers north). The plane left Local Teterboro, New Jersey, near Manhattan, at about 23:15 on Wednesday and made a fuel stop in Wichita, Kansas, before proceeding to San Diego. He returned to San Diego after playing a band he was driving, the Pierce veil, played for a sold -out audience in Madison Square Garden. That overnight schedule would not be allowed for a plane under the Federal Crew Rest rules, but these regulations do not apply to private aircraft. Meanwhile, former NTSB investigating officer and FAA accident, Jeff Guzzetti, said he was thinking dense fog and fatigue after the pilot flew all night were probably factors in the accident. “This accident has all the excessive transferring of a classic attempt to approach an airport in bad weather and poor visibility,” Guzzetti said. What the pilot should have done is quoted by AP and said that there were other airports to which the crew could have gone. He said pilots should check FAA posts called notifications to airmen who warn pilots about any problems such as runway lights. “It’s pretty easy for the pilot to obtain the information, and they need to get the information before any flight they take,” Guzzetti said. The pilot would probably also have noticed that the lights were not working when he dropped. “Without lights, the procedure stipulated that he had to climb and deduce to another airport,” Guzzetti said.